Ayesha Curry (born Ayesha Disa Alexander March 23, 1989) is a Canadian and American businesswoman, chef, restaurateur and actress. After guest roles in several television shows and films, she began hosting ''Ayesha's Homemade'' ( ''Ayesha's Home Kitchen'') on

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in 2016. Despite not having professional chef training, she began her culinary career in 2014, when she prepared her first meal as a

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demonstration. Curry is the author of several videos on her YouTube channel ''Little Lights of Mine'', and has written two cookbooks: ''The Seasoned Life'', published in 2016, and ''The Full Plate'', published in 2020. In 2011, she married basketball player

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, with whom she has four children.

Career

At age 12, Curry acted as the love interest in the music video for "Too Young for Love" by Suga Prince ( Sevn Thomas). After graduating from Weddington High School, Curry moved to

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to become an actress, appearing mostly in bit parts. She appeared in a short film ''Underground Street Flippers'' (2009), the TV movie ''Dan's Detour of Life'' (2008), and in the direct to DVD movie ''Love for Sale'' (2008). After her 2011 marriage she started a food blog, and then a YouTube channel. This led to a two-season

show ''Ayesha's Homemade'', which follows her professional and personal life with cameos from her husband and two daughters. The first season ran for six episodes. A second season of six episodes, named ''Ayesha's Home Kitchen'' premiered on Food Network on April 30, 2017. In 2016, she released her cookbook ''The Seasoned Life''. In addition to her written recipes, Curry often posts instructional cooking videos on her YouTube channel. On September 20, 2017, Curry was named as a spokesperson for

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, becoming the first spokesperson for the brand who is not an actress or singer. She was announced on September 21, 2017, as one of the new hosts of '' The Great American Baking Show'', an American adaptation of ''

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'', on ABC. She also revealed to Deidre Behar, from ''

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'', that she was approached to join the next season of '' Dancing With The Stars.'' Only two episodes of the third season of ''Baking Show'', however, aired on television due to sexual harassment allegations against one of the show's judges outside the series. While the show was renewed for a fourth season, Curry did not return as a host and was succeeded by former

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member

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. In July 2019, Curry and her husband launched the "Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation" in

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. The foundation works to end childhood hunger, increase access to quality education, and provide safe spaces for children to stay active. In 2024, she appeared in the

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movie '' Irish Wish''.

Restaurant and food business

Her 2014 company ''Little Lights of Mine'' sold its own brand of extra virgin olive oil, and 10% of all proceeds are donated to the charity No Kid Hungry. In 2016, Curry collaborated with chef Michael Mina in ''The Mina Test Kitchen of International Smoke'', a

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. In July 2019, the ''Mina/Curry International Smoke'' restaurant opened another location at One Paseo in

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. In 2017, Curry started ''Homemade,'' the Oakland-based meal-kit delivery service, turned (in 2019) retail store pop-up. In April 2020, Curry launched ''Sweet July'', a brand consisting of a lifestyle magazine, brick-and-mortar store, and product line. In September 2020, she launched her television and film production company ''Sweet July Productions'', with a first-look deal at

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. In 2023, Curry launched Sweet July Skin, and in 2024, she opened Sweet July Cafe in Santa Monica.

Personal life

Ayesha's mother is of Afro-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent while her father is of mixed African-American and Polish descent. She was born in Ontario, Canada, and raised in

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suburb of Markham until the age of 14, when she moved to

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. She first gained an interest in cooking at a young age. With her mother operating a salon in the basement of their home, Ayesha would watch as her babysitter cooked Trinidadian

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and

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and brought it down to customers. On July 30, 2011, she married NBA player

. The two had met in a church youth group in Charlotte when they were 15 and 14 years old. They did not start dating until years later when Ayesha was pursuing her acting career in Hollywood and Stephen was visiting for an awards show. Ayesha soon moved back to Charlotte close to where Stephen was playing college basketball at

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. Together, they have four children. In 2023, Ayesha opposed the development of multi-family housing in the wealthy enclave of

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, where she and her family live. In a letter in which Ayesha and her husband opposed affordable housing in their neighborhood, they wrote, "We hesitate to add to the ' not in our backyard' (literally) rhetoric, but... safety and privacy for us and our kids continues to be our top priority and one of the biggest reasons we chose Atherton as home." Ayesha is a Pentecostal Christian. She described her faith as "the foundation for everything that I do, really. … With my relationship with my husband, it's what it's founded on." She added that " en Steph decided to play basketball, I had the same conversation with him that he had with me. 'Whatever you do, do it well, but do it for God.' I think that's what has kept us grounded. When I started my blog called 'Little Lights of Mine,' my whole goal was to do the things I wanted to do, but all while being a light for Him." Curry is best friends with actress and singer

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. She is the godmother to Lohan’s son, born in 2023. The two co-starred together in the 2024 Netflix film Irish Wish.

Filmography

Acting

As herself

References

External links

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Ayesha Curry Cooks Up Dishes with Jennifer Aniston and Ellen
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